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W. H. TUFTS.

CARRIAGE BUTTON.

Patented Jan. 10,1882. 7

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. TUFTS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CARRIAGE-BUTTON.

SPECIFTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,156, dated January 10, 1882. Application filed June 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. HENRY TUF'lS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Carriage-Button, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to overcome the difficulty experienced by owners and users of carriages in keeping the curtains securely in their place when buttoned.

This device consists of a movable head to a button, working from avertical to a horizontal position, constructed in the manner hereinafter presented.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the construction and relation to, each other of the different parts of the button..

Similar letters refer to similar parts therein.

Figure 1 is a section of a curtain secured with the button B; Fig. 2, a vertical view' of the button B complete and ready for use; Fig. 3, a vertical view of the button B without the sleeve 12 Fig. 4, a vertical section of the complete button B,showiugtheposition of the different parts when put together; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the button-head B, with stem fand' slot 6; Fig. 6, a view of the modification of the button B; Fig. 7, a small section of a curtain, showing the shape of button hole when used with my invention.

' Letter A designates a section of a carriagecurtain; a, the screwattached to the body of the button B; a, the swivel to the modified button; B, the button complete; B, the button-head independent of stem f and slot 6; b, the sleeve covering the body 0; U, a buttonhole made to fit the button B; 0, the body of the button B; D, a single-tree with modified button attached; (1, the pin in position in the button-body c,- d, the pin in position in the modified button; E, the ferrule to modified button c, the slot in stem f of button-head B; c, the slot in stem of modified button-head; f, the stem of button-head B; f, the stem of modified button-head.

ton-hole of the curtain pressed over the button-head and onto the body of the button. The

button-head should then be turned to a vertical position, bringing it at right angles with the button-hole in the curtain, thereby securely.

confining the latter in its place at that point. In fixing the button in its place on the can riage the end of the screw should be inserted To the button-head B is attached a slottedstem, as shown in Fig. 5. of the drawings. This stem f is to be put into the open end of the button-body c with the slotted side toward the hole in the button-body. The pin d is now inserted into the hole, and, being long enough,

it reaches down into the slot 6, and, bearing upon both sides ofit, holds the 'button'head in place.

The slot cin stem fis out exactly long enough to allow a-movement of the button-head from a vertical to a horizontal position, and vice versa. When the button-head is moved its stem revolves in the button-body, but its revo lutio'n is limited by the pin d. 'When the button-head is upright one end of the slot rests against the pin d, preventing any movement of the former to the left. When the buttonhead is in a horizontal position the other end of the slot rests against the pin d, and the forward movement is stopped. Here is where the power that forces the screw a into the wood acts upon all parts of the button at the same time. It, then, the end of the slotin stem or button head rests solidly against the pin d when the button-head is in a horizontal position, (the pin being firmly fixed in the buttonbody,) it is obvious that all parts of the button must turn at the same time, if turned. at all, and as the screw is permanently attached to the button-body the latter will be drawn up to the wood as the screw penetrates.

To withdraw the button, reverse the operation, turning the button-head to an upright or vertical position, and a few turns. to the left will unscrew it.

pressure against the button-head to prevent its moving in any manner while the carriage is in motion. These results are accomplished by sliding the sleeve b over thebody c of the button B. Then the button is screwed intoits place on the carriage and the sleeve 1) is forced against the wood and under edge of the button-head B simultaneously. This adjustment also produces a friction by means of which the button-head may be made to turn hard or easy,

as the pressure ofthe edge of the sleeve 1) is greater or less upon it.

The sleeve 1) may have a swelled or molded edge, roughened so that the button-head can have a wider as well as a rugged surface to turn against. The under edge of the buttonhead may also be indented to correspond with the edge of the sleeve.

A washer, of rubber or other elastic material, should beplaeed between the wood and the button before the latter is put in place.

To prevent rattling, a piece of rubber tubing may be placed between the stem of the buttonhead and the inside of the button-body o.

The advantages claimed for this device over other carriage-buttons areas follows:

First, when a curtain or trace is once buttoned it must remain so until unbuttoned by some one.

Second, there is less wear and tear of the button-hole and less liability to get out of shape when made to fit this button than in a 40 straight-slit button-hole of the usual construction.

In applying my invention for use on singletrees as a trace-button the button-head B will be swiveled in the inside of a ferrule, as at E, 5 Fig. 6. The ferrule E is to be driven over the end of the single-tree D, formed with a shoulder, and secured by a pin or screw.

The claim I make for my invention, and for which I'ask Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, in aearriage-button, of the movable head B, provided with stem f and slot 0, with the hollow body 0 and the pin d, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination, in a carriage-button, of the movable head B, provided with stemf and slot 0, with the hollow body a, the pin 01, and the screw or, as and for the purpose specitied.

3. The combination, in a carriage-button, of a body, 6, ahead, B, movable therein, a screwstem, and a sleeve, 11, as and for the purpose set forth herein.

4. The combination, in a carriage-button, of the movable head B, provided with stem f and slot 0, with the hollow body 0, the pin 01,

and the sleeve 1), substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, in a carriage-buttomof the movable head B,pro vided with stem f and slot 0, with the hollow body 0, the pin d, 76 the screw a, and the sleeve 1), as and for the purpose herein set. forth.

. WM. HENRY TUFTS.

Witnesses:

J. I. J oNEs,

J. 0. HAWLEY, JOHN MONAGHAN, JAMES F. DART'I. 

